UNUSUAL OTTOMAN IVORY YATAGHAN TRANSLATION PLEASE

[Dom]

Originally Posted by ilias

I see at the stamp at the blade with a date 1161 -1747? and if you can help me to find out what the signature says.
Most of all I wanted to share it with you.
Every input will be great!!.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Ilias
indeed very awesome "Ya" by the ivory mounts
but I have a very bad news for you
no way to read a date somewhere,
in the stamp, we might read
AMAL either MADE BY
that mean, what you are supposed be as date, in fact is (must be) a name
seems to be "AGA" or something near
deeply sorry to broke your nice expectations

à +

Dom
ps/ there is, an other stamp ?